Ep 77: Neil Wilmshurst, Electric Power Research Institute

16/09/2018 43 min Episodio 77
Ep 77: Neil Wilmshurst, Electric Power Research Institute

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In this episode we discuss... Neil's background in the British Navy and his personal journey in the nuclear industry Neil's work as a system engineer at Sizewell The Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) and its work to increase a power plant's capacity factor and uptime Understanding a plant's realtime risk profile EPRI's relationship with the nuclear industry and where it gets its funding EPRI's research surrounding operations and maintenance cost as well as capital cost EPRI's long term work supporting small modular reactors Gen IV reactors and what we need to do now to support their implementation in the coming decades

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